Obama: President Zelaya remains

Blog source: bangs U.S. President Barack Obama said Monday that the United States believes that the Honduran president Manuel Zelaya "remains the president of Honduras."

The move that led to the overthrow of Zelaya "is illegal," Obama said, estimating that it creates a "dangerous precedent" in the region and is a setback for the political development of the region. "President Zelaya remains the president of Honduras," he said.
The U.S. leader, who spoke about the political situation in Honduras after talks in the Oval Office of the White House with his Colombian counterpart Alvaro Uribe, called for international cooperation to resolve the Honduran crisis peacefully.

"President Zelaya was democratically elected. Not yet completed its mandate, "Obama told reporters.

"It would be a dangerous precedent if we start back to the time we saw military coups as a means of political transition, rather than democratic elections," he said.

Zelaya was removed from power by the military on Sunday, after which the Congress named Roberto Micheletti, until then its owner, to assume the presidency until the current term ending in January 2010.

Honduran president tried to do the same Sunday a query later to call a referendum for a constituent